Movers & Shakers

The Theobald Financial Group of Northwestern Mutual has hired six financial representatives:

• Trent DesLauriers, who was a media consultant for hibu.

• Connor Haken, a recent graduate of the University of South Dakota with a bachelor's degree in marketing. He completed an internship at Theobald.

• Dane Johnsen, who previously worked as an assistant manager at the Royal Fork Buffet and owned a tree-trimming company.

• Kyle Kunde, a recent graduate of USD with a degree in finance.

• Matt Lucklum, a recent graduate of USD with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

• Marcus Schoepp, who previously worked as a territory sales representative at Sandhills Publishing in Lincoln, Neb.

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Dana Rausch of the Dakotas Business Center of the Principal Financial Group has earned the Life Underwriter Training Council Fellow professional designation from American College and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors. Rausch has been a member of the Sioux Falls NAIFA since 2010.

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Dr. Thomas Cink, a breast radiologist for Sanford Health, co-authored a breast cancer study that will be published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The study featured data from mammograms taken at the Edith Sanford Breast Center and other sites in the U.S.

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Eric C. Schulte of Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith LLP has been chosen as president-elect of the South Dakota State Bar Association.

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Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center has been reaccredited as a CEO Cancer Gold Standard employer for 2014. To become accredited, companies must offer programs and foster a culture that will lower the risk of cancer.

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Robert Beringer has been named assistant principal for the LifeScape Specialty School. Beringer has been a classroom teacher at LifeScape, formerly Children's Care Hospital & School, for the past eight years.

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The U.S. Small Business Administration South Dakota District Office has presented its 2013 lender and asset builder awards:

• Great Western Bank, Leadership Circle and Impact Lender of the Year. The Leadership Circle represents the top tier of SBA lenders in South Dakota. The Impact award recognizes a lender that has established a track record of lending to underserved markets, helping to create jobs or businesses or resulting in significant economic development in a community.

• Dakota Business Finance, both Asset Builder awards. These awards recognize the certified development company with the largest total loan volume and largest total dollars approved in 2013. Dakota Business Finance originated 20 loans worth more than $9.7 million during the year. The organization also was the overall leader in all SBA loan programs for a third consecutive year.

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A Sioux Falls company that has developed a way to move patients from an operating room bed to a recovery bed has won an award for its efforts. Cega Innovations won a bronze in the general hospital and therapeutic products category at the annual Medical Design Excellence Awards.

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The South Dakota Bankers Association has elected officers for its board of directors: chairman, George Kenzy, president and CEO, First Fidelity Bank, Burke; chairman-elect, Rick Rylance, western regional president, Dacotah Bank, Rapid City; vice chairman, Paul Domke, president and CEO, Heartland State Bank, Redfield; immediate past chairman, Kevin Tetzlaff, president and CEO, First Bank & Trust, Brookings.

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ReliaMax has added a management team to oversee its expansion into the student loan origination and servicing market as ReliaMax Lending Services LLC and its technology subsidiary Student Loan Technology Co.:

• Paul Dockry as chief operations officer. Dockry has 20 years of leadership experience with the education lending business at Wells Fargo Bank NA.

• Joshua Andersen as director of regulatory affairs and in-house counsel. Andersen previously served as an insurance regulator for the state of South Dakota.

• Greg Van Pelt as vice president of technology. He will be based in California.

In addition, Kevin Moehn of Moehn & Associates Inc. has been retained as a sales consultant. Moehn's experience includes serving as executive vice president of sales and originations at the Student Loan Marketing Association, or SallieMae.